050119 Archiscraps May Challenge

Archi-scraps May Challenge

Yellow, black & white plus a clock!

And so I begin... with this Tim Holtz Idea-ology Assemblage Clock!

Then I hunt up a particular black & white photo of my mommy & I,
since Mother's Day is celebrated in May here in the U. S.

Spring 1959

 I've just completed a major renovation of my studio space due to getting new flooring. Now I hunt & gather what I will need for this project, many of which are Prima/Finnabair products. In the heat of the creative flow I neglected to photograph each step, but they are simple enough to describe.

I began by removing the glass on the clock & coating the entire piece with black gesso. I worked on the background inside of the clock first by adding LuminArte Primary Elements artist pigments & chunky gold glitter, sealing it with final fixative spray. I glued lace to the sides & added a flowering branch to mimic the photo & add a touch of true yellow. I bent the petals of a Prima dimensional metal flower to hold my photo, securing it with raised foam adhesive dots.

 I then used matte medium to glue polka dot crepe paper around the outside of the clock. I added lots of gold accents with metallic paint, a jaunty little plaid bow & charm, and decorated the metal butterfly with Prima/Finnabair Opal Magic paints.

The final product meets the criteria - a yellow/(gold), black & white colour scheme plus a clock!

I may continue to challenge myself to try other dimensional projects each month
using the a-ma-zing creative Archi-scraps inspirations!

Won't you join in? Make sure to add your projects to the Linky at Archi-scraps.

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042719 Happy Birthday, Blog!

Happy Birthday, Out of the Mire!

Hard to believe that this makes seven years of blogging...

I originally started the blog to post Design Team work for the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog.
I'm grateful to still be on the Team over there, as well as at Archi-scraps.  

 Mostly I have documented my memory keeping journey, but looking back over time I regret not posting more "Date Day" posts. I had planned to add up the number of posts, views  & the like, but there are some crazy numbers in there! 

I'm thankful for those of you who stop in now & then & say hello.

Hoping to keep the light on for awhile longer, Lord willing.

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041219 CKC April Challenge #1

April 2019 Challenge #1 - April Showers

"When we think of April, we often think of April Showers and the inspiration kit has a lot of weather elements included - rainbows, umbrellas, sunglasses, sun parasols. Let’s be inspired by weather for this challenge!"

Of course I chose my FAVE FORGERY - the parasol paper!

Theirs/Mine

Tossed in some bright & happy goodies & some fun in my journaling to capture a little piece of our recent Spring Break holiday. There will be a future mini-book to document the rest.

My forecast? Creativity ahead!

 Please don't forget to show us what you put together by adding it to our Link-up page, post it in our Facebook Community or share it on Instagram - tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcapril2019

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040419 CKC April Forgeries

Counterfeit Kit Challenge

It is no crime to create your own version of the trendy,

hip products from the inspiration kit using your own stash & ingenuity.

Lisa's inspiration kit:

Hip Kit March 2019 Kit

I really had a blast with the counterfeits this month!

Just for fun, I tossed in a couple of forged PL cards from an old kit plus these fun pompom accents!

So - where do I begin?!?
My papers were all created by painting or stamping.

Theirs...

Mine!

Theirs...

Mine!

Those were the easy-peasy ones. This one was a tad more work.

Theirs...

Mine!

 

And my personal favorite...
Theirs:

Mine!

Plus some alcohol inked gems:

And those cute little pompoms discovered totally by accident from the offcuts from a punch!

Inspiration is everywhere!
Hope you found some here.

Be sure to share with us over at CKC through our Link-Up page, share them in our Facebook Community, or post them on Instagram (tag us: @counterfeitkitchallenge and use #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcapril2019).  Come back here on the 12th - we'll be sharing our first challenge to help you use up your personally crafted April kit! See you then!

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040119 CKC April Kit Reveal

Lisa is up again as Master Forger of Ceremonies this month! Here's our inspiration kit:

Hip Kit Club March 2019 Main Kit

She says,"I think this is a really lovely colour scheme as a contrast to last month's brighter hues. I love the greens & blues. I see some nice patterns that could be interesting for counterfeiting or just matching up as well as hearts, a good mix of embellis and those bow clips are very sweet - another forgery perhaps?"

There are also some other kits available if you wanted to take inspiration from those and 
a great unboxing video if you want to get some more detail about the kit:

Paper: https://www.hipkitclub.net/march-2019-paper-kit

Pocket Page: https://www.hipkitclub.net/march-2019-project-life-kit

Embellishment: https://www.hipkitclub.net/march-2019-embellishment-kit

Color: https://www.hipkitclub.net/march-2019-color-kit

Cardstock: https://www.hipkitclub.net/march-2019-cardstock-kit

Unboxing video: https://youtu.be/ghg4bmT6foc 

 But first let's introduce our April Guest Designer, Debbie Stember!

Thing Here At Home

"Hello, my name is Debbie and I have been crafting since I was a child; it's basically what my family did for fun. When I was first introduced to scrapbooking in 2004 I had been doing a lot of quilting, so cutting large pieces of paper into smaller pieces and reattaching them was a very easy transition. I love telling stories and taking photos and playing with color, so this hobby is pretty perfect for me. I made my first kit as part of a challenge by Jill Sprott in the Get It Scrapped community, and it was a revelation as far as how easy it was to use that smaller subset of my stash, so when I found CKC I joined in and stuck around."

Now let's dive right into the Magic Blue Box!

Their papers:

My papers:

As always I got sucked down the rabbit hole of paper by paper matching, but that's okay! 

I had a hard time with the staging as their reveals were so tiny - I wanted to show more of mine.

I only hope that I can make them work together in the executing of projects with my kit.

My full The Sweet Life kit:

A closer look:

 I have a lot of counterfeits this month, and some were arrived at by quite a leap! You'll have to get back here on the 4th for the 411 on that...

Don't miss a stop on the hop:

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog: http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer Debbie Stember: https://pigsflyng.wordpress.com
• Cindy: http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com
• Leslie: http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/
• Lisa: http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/
• Lori: https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/
• Tina: https://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com
• Laura: https://www.instagram.com/mrsp_scrapsandtea/

Can't wait to see your version! Please don't forget to show us what you put together by adding it to our Link-up page, post it in our Facebook Community or share it on Instagram - tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcapril2019

Thanks for stopping by!